(Pariah;24575)
Hi Whirlwind!!Why would you think their account be the same if they were not of the lineage of Noah? If two and two... why don't they have the story representing their lineage? Why are there not other accounts speaking of others if the Bible was just about Noah and his family? It looks to me that they are all saying the same story because we are of the same family.
Good morning Pariah, I would think the account would have to be the same if they were all on the same boat. The story of Noah wasn't about the lineage of the Chinese, Africans, Indians, etc....it was about the lineage of Christ. Two of all races were saved on the ark and those two began their race anew but the story was the story of Christ and His family.
There are two links that I gave you. The first link, you would have to scroll down a bit to see the pictograph of the Chinese word for boat. They are made up of several words to make up that pictograph. For "boat", there are three symbols that make up the pictograph for "boat". "Vessel" , "eight", and "mouths" or "persons" were the symbols representing boat. If other people were on there, that number of mouths would have been more. I believe it is significant that only eight was mentioned. If the Chinese were not of Noah, then their account would have been different, yes?
I see what you are saying. The only answer I can give you is that the story was about the 8 Adamic souls. The other races were also on the ark so the account wouldn't be different. The story was about Noah....not the races. As our Bible is the inspired Word, perhaps He also inspired their account.
Incidentally, there are scientific tools that can link us all to each other.
Thank you but I find (usually) that the creationist try to prove their points without complete knowledge....in other words they fail to understand the depth of Genesis. They stick to the 6,000 year age of earth. If they are so wrong on that then are they any better than the evolutionist that are also so wrong?
Anyway.. as to your explanation of Genesis 7...Let us take Genesis 7:9 in context of the entire chapter, and we should see that all that God has just commanded was in references to the clean beasts that had the breath of life for they breathe through their nostrils as well. From the moment the Lord gave the command to Noah to come.... and then to verse 3.. all references to clean beasts and clean animals, male and female. That was all God had commanded Noah at the time He had said Come.... thus I am understanding verse 9 to be beasts or as in animals.
You must expand that to include ALL FLESH, not just animals, but all flesh that had breath of life.
Genesis 7: 1And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. 2Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. 3Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. 4For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth. 5And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him. 6And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. 7And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood. 8Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, 9There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah. I understand the use of verse 21, but don't you find it odd that it bothered to mentioned man and not so in regards to boarding the ark? Animals have the breath of life through their nostrils, Genesis 6:21. To me, that was God referring to those living things that breathed air. Man was not mentioned as boarding the ark, because God only called Noah and his family onto it. Tell me how come no other races were stated as leaving the ark, only animals?
It is odd but it is in keeping with all other scripture. Perhaps it is clearer in Hebrew but regardless it wasn't clear to many when the races were first created either. Many now believe their creation was that of Adam. For whatever reason, God never went into detail about any line except that of Christ....it is after all, His story.
Genesis 8: 15And God spake unto Noah, saying, 16Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee. 17Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth. 18And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him: 19Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark. Or how about when God blessed Noah and his sons to multiply? Why no commandment to the other races to multiply or why specifically refer to all living things to be in the hands of Noah and his family?
It is the story of Christ....not the races. :shepard:
Again, only animals are mentioned, not other races of man. I believe I am reading this right as it continues to support what I believe to be true. I think the kenites teachings is just trying to insert inbetween the lines and imply by certain terms to accomodate the kennites being of the line of Cain as the ones that crucified Jesus.
His Word tells us that they did. They are still at work today.

ray3:.........Whirlwind